Filming Public Events (Farmer’s Market)

[Steve Crow]

“Insert appropriate disclaimer here, but my understanding is that if someone rents the public space, that space isn’t considered public anymore for the duration of the event. Again, just what I’ve gathered from local event organizers. ”

Yeah, I think that’s the premise this marketing director was working on as well but I am not sure I buy it from a legal/constitutional perspective. I do hear all you people saying “phone first or ask first” and that’s all good and can’t really be argued against but my question really had to do with what the law says on the issues regardless of permissions.

I would be surprised to learn a public space can be converted to private in the sense of “new/different laws apply once you step across this imaginary line and enter our event space.”

Good discussion, what we really need is an attorney to chime in and set us straight.

(BTW, I did read the PDF linked to in the earlier post on photographers rights but it’s quite dated now and the author/attorney gave himself so much wiggle room on the topic that I wasn’t sure what info we can actually rely on and where the bottom line was. Oh and by dated I mean “post Patriot Act” – I would totally buy it if someone said that my rights to video had indeed changed after this particular act passed Congress.)

[John Baumchen]

Here’s a link that has some good information and a PDF for download. Although it’s aimed at photographers, the same laws apply to videographers.

https://www.krages.com/phoright.htm

If we as a group start giving in to these unlawful demands to not photograph or video. The we are giving up our rights as American citizens.

[Steve Crow]

Ready for some irony?

Guess whom I’ve now volunteering to work with on a high visibility project???

The City government! 🙂

I will share details as I can.